In the edge of my seat every single minute of the episode. The construction of the characters is this season is being insane, an excellent for the writers, and acting, wow amazing, especially in my opinion McKenzie, Richards and Monaghan, that is setting the bar to high for the other actors in the series. Amazing his performance, every minute that pass, he is getting so much better and so much a more convincing villain, a complete maniac. I mean, the last scene, with his video was just incredible, he took in there the best features of Nicholson and Ledger's Jokers and combine them very well. A new Joker ladies and gentleman, a new Joker has arrived. Amazing, by far my favorite TV show right now.
4 Reviews
The first of two already classic Gotham episodes.
maureen_smith59 February 2016
Warning: Spoilers
After a strong season two opener we get a outstanding episode and the best the show has ever been(until the next which was even better)with a creepy opening,thrills,improving acting,gripping storyline,a couple of top notch bad guys and a quite breathtaking finale that will shock many.
After forming a group of bad guys to create chaos in Gotham Theo Galavan(James Frain)and his nasty but gorgeous sister Tabitha(Jessica Lucas)have kidnapped Mayor James(Richard Kind)whilst his new 'Maniax' led by Jerome 'Joker or not' Valeska(Cameron Monaghan)and his crew are causing mayhem in Gotham City which includes throwing innocent people off of a roof and kidnapping a bus-load of cheerleaders and threatening to set them and the bus and on fire,this is all a message from Galavan after his family to him were treated badly years ago.Its up to Jim Gordon(Ben Mckenzie)to try and bring down this maniac group but without Bullocks(Donal Logue)help.
Meanwhile Bruce(David Mazouz)starts up his fathers computers but to protect him from what might be on there Alfred(Sean Pertwee)destroys them leading to Bruce firing Alfred(stupid boy)but changes his mind when he asks Alfred to train him to find his parents killers(more like he is a young teen who can't look after himself)but only lets Alfred stay if he can fix the computers.This leads Alfred asking for the help of Lucius Fox(Chris Chalk)to help fix the machines and to help Bruce too with his quest.
After many chances at creating chaos Jerome and the 'Maniax' attack the GCPD in a nasty massacre that leads to many deaths which sadly includes Gordon's boss and friend Commissioner Sarah Essen(Zabryna Guevara)who is coldly murdered by Jerome(with a trademark grin and catchphrase to go with it)before he tells the city on camera that he and the others are here to cause mayhem.Gordon was distracted outside by a insane Barbara(Erin Richards)who drew him into a trap where one of the 'Maniax' Aaron Helzinger(Stink Fisher)beats up Jim cause of his brute strength.
Gordon comes back to find Essen uttering her last breath and dies in Gordon's arms.The likes of Edward Nigma(Cory Michael Smith),Kristen Kringle(Chelsea Spack)and Gordon's girlfriend Dr Leslie Thompkins(Morena Baccarin)were involved in the massacre but all survived.Bullock returns to duty after Essen's death to partner Gordon and stop this mad group and get revenge for their boss's murder.
An insane episode signified by the insane Jerome and his gang this episode had me as gripped as any episode of any series I've ever watched with everyone as good as the other and was far less campy than the last episode.
The two standouts had to be Jerome played to Joker like perfection by Monaghan who like someone else on here said has the styles of both Heath Ledger and Jack Nicholson(Ledgers appetite for sheer chaos plus is totally batty and Nicholson's grinning and like him wants to laugh at everything)and looks a lot like Jack's Joker more.His contribution was incredible whether its playing Russian roulette with a fellow 'Maniax' member,taunting cheerleaders or coldly playing with Essen's head before killing her he was simply marvellous and you can never take yours eyes off him,him and Penguin what a pair of bad guys.
The other standout is of course Alfred and Sean Pertwee is giving Sir Michael Caine a run for his money plus its nice to see a Alfred who gets involved in action instead of just hovering in the back ground with a tray or a quip at hand(I do adore Caine though)and he always is making you chuckle even calling Lucius Fox 'my old sausage',he is class.
Everyone else as ever are fab and for a change liked Richards's Barbara even if she is the weak link of the show for me,missed Robin Lord Taylor's Penguin and Carmen Bicondova as Selina but it didn't matter.
A Magnificent episode and hope many more are like this with some fantastic sequences including the massacre at the station which is the best set piece this show has done,a shock death,better acting,funny Alfred and in Jerome a new Joker for our times(if he is The Joker).
After forming a group of bad guys to create chaos in Gotham Theo Galavan(James Frain)and his nasty but gorgeous sister Tabitha(Jessica Lucas)have kidnapped Mayor James(Richard Kind)whilst his new 'Maniax' led by Jerome 'Joker or not' Valeska(Cameron Monaghan)and his crew are causing mayhem in Gotham City which includes throwing innocent people off of a roof and kidnapping a bus-load of cheerleaders and threatening to set them and the bus and on fire,this is all a message from Galavan after his family to him were treated badly years ago.Its up to Jim Gordon(Ben Mckenzie)to try and bring down this maniac group but without Bullocks(Donal Logue)help.
Meanwhile Bruce(David Mazouz)starts up his fathers computers but to protect him from what might be on there Alfred(Sean Pertwee)destroys them leading to Bruce firing Alfred(stupid boy)but changes his mind when he asks Alfred to train him to find his parents killers(more like he is a young teen who can't look after himself)but only lets Alfred stay if he can fix the computers.This leads Alfred asking for the help of Lucius Fox(Chris Chalk)to help fix the machines and to help Bruce too with his quest.
After many chances at creating chaos Jerome and the 'Maniax' attack the GCPD in a nasty massacre that leads to many deaths which sadly includes Gordon's boss and friend Commissioner Sarah Essen(Zabryna Guevara)who is coldly murdered by Jerome(with a trademark grin and catchphrase to go with it)before he tells the city on camera that he and the others are here to cause mayhem.Gordon was distracted outside by a insane Barbara(Erin Richards)who drew him into a trap where one of the 'Maniax' Aaron Helzinger(Stink Fisher)beats up Jim cause of his brute strength.
Gordon comes back to find Essen uttering her last breath and dies in Gordon's arms.The likes of Edward Nigma(Cory Michael Smith),Kristen Kringle(Chelsea Spack)and Gordon's girlfriend Dr Leslie Thompkins(Morena Baccarin)were involved in the massacre but all survived.Bullock returns to duty after Essen's death to partner Gordon and stop this mad group and get revenge for their boss's murder.
An insane episode signified by the insane Jerome and his gang this episode had me as gripped as any episode of any series I've ever watched with everyone as good as the other and was far less campy than the last episode.
The two standouts had to be Jerome played to Joker like perfection by Monaghan who like someone else on here said has the styles of both Heath Ledger and Jack Nicholson(Ledgers appetite for sheer chaos plus is totally batty and Nicholson's grinning and like him wants to laugh at everything)and looks a lot like Jack's Joker more.His contribution was incredible whether its playing Russian roulette with a fellow 'Maniax' member,taunting cheerleaders or coldly playing with Essen's head before killing her he was simply marvellous and you can never take yours eyes off him,him and Penguin what a pair of bad guys.
The other standout is of course Alfred and Sean Pertwee is giving Sir Michael Caine a run for his money plus its nice to see a Alfred who gets involved in action instead of just hovering in the back ground with a tray or a quip at hand(I do adore Caine though)and he always is making you chuckle even calling Lucius Fox 'my old sausage',he is class.
Everyone else as ever are fab and for a change liked Richards's Barbara even if she is the weak link of the show for me,missed Robin Lord Taylor's Penguin and Carmen Bicondova as Selina but it didn't matter.
A Magnificent episode and hope many more are like this with some fantastic sequences including the massacre at the station which is the best set piece this show has done,a shock death,better acting,funny Alfred and in Jerome a new Joker for our times(if he is The Joker).
Ups the ante
Fluke_Skywalker18 May 2017
Warning: Spoilers
A new threat rises in Gotham in the form of the mysterious Theo Galavan and his Maniax.
Does an excellent job of balancing and inter-weaving its various story arcs, giving each enough room to breathe on their own and yet serve the story at large. James Frain's Theo Galavan is an excellent addition to Gotham's increasingly colorful rogue's gallery, and his Maniax, led by what may turn out to be Gotham's most notorious villain, really up the stakes. A tough loss to the cast is offset by the addition of Lucius Fox in what should be a more prominent role.
Does an excellent job of balancing and inter-weaving its various story arcs, giving each enough room to breathe on their own and yet serve the story at large. James Frain's Theo Galavan is an excellent addition to Gotham's increasingly colorful rogue's gallery, and his Maniax, led by what may turn out to be Gotham's most notorious villain, really up the stakes. A tough loss to the cast is offset by the addition of Lucius Fox in what should be a more prominent role.
Who's There?
yeye_sm162 October 2015
Warning: Spoilers
I didn't like this episode, it had some good stories but the developments where awful.
The villain part of the show is doing great, they have a real good story with so much depth in there, but this episode was dumb, honestly, we saw nothing. Jerome is the only highlight of the episode, is great, good acting.
The writers tried to put a little bit more humor on this episode, honestly I don't mind, but most of it wasn't very good, they should work on that (but it is a good start). The story with Bruce and Alfred, LAME, HORRIBLE, TERRIBLE, AWFUL. Let's think about it, a kid who literally has NOBODY, the moment his only partner destroys a computer with information he decides that he should leave, seriously? They should have just have a big argument but the whole idea of sending Alfred to the train station was just pathetic. And the confidence on Bruce by saying that he is going to keep his father's work? He doesn't even know what it is, is just the second episode and the threw away good plots that they could have worked more later on the season.
What I did like about episode two was the idea of Bruce getting trained, we get to see more of Lucius Fox and I believe he will be showing up more constantly on this season; the idea of having Harvey as a bar tender could have been a great story, but the killed it. Also, the whole plot massacre was fine but again, I still think is to early to bring the caos.
This episode wasn't bad, maybe is just my personal opinion, but they could have play more with the characters before doing all of those non-sense, because if they put all the good ideas right away, they may not get it right later on (I really hope I am wrong, maybe they have some good stuff coming).
The villain part of the show is doing great, they have a real good story with so much depth in there, but this episode was dumb, honestly, we saw nothing. Jerome is the only highlight of the episode, is great, good acting.
The writers tried to put a little bit more humor on this episode, honestly I don't mind, but most of it wasn't very good, they should work on that (but it is a good start). The story with Bruce and Alfred, LAME, HORRIBLE, TERRIBLE, AWFUL. Let's think about it, a kid who literally has NOBODY, the moment his only partner destroys a computer with information he decides that he should leave, seriously? They should have just have a big argument but the whole idea of sending Alfred to the train station was just pathetic. And the confidence on Bruce by saying that he is going to keep his father's work? He doesn't even know what it is, is just the second episode and the threw away good plots that they could have worked more later on the season.
What I did like about episode two was the idea of Bruce getting trained, we get to see more of Lucius Fox and I believe he will be showing up more constantly on this season; the idea of having Harvey as a bar tender could have been a great story, but the killed it. Also, the whole plot massacre was fine but again, I still think is to early to bring the caos.
This episode wasn't bad, maybe is just my personal opinion, but they could have play more with the characters before doing all of those non-sense, because if they put all the good ideas right away, they may not get it right later on (I really hope I am wrong, maybe they have some good stuff coming).
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